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Gifted Children
http://www.leahsbookcollection.com
One mom's blog about raising two young gifted daughters - from educational challenges, discipline, to everyday events.
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Help, my child swallowed something!
I know it's important to remain CALM during emergencies. It's probably a good thing I'm not a doctor, because I panic when it comes to my kids in danger. Yesterday, Lanae (2 1/2) came running into the bathroom saying that she was choking on a brace...
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Teaching Young Children To Read
When the girls were very young (about 9 mos. - 18 mos.), I showed them the Your Baby Can Read series for about 20 minutes each day. We watched NO other TV during this time (not the news in the family room, cartoons, or anything else) and read tons o...
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30 Month Milestones
So I've been a bit behind in posting milestone progress stuff for Lanae. She is just over 2 1/2 now, so I will post here what she's doing today:Counts to 50Reads perhaps 500 words+Known her ABCs, and identifes upper and lower case letters for all si...
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Gifted Sibling Fighting - Rivalry
After some informal analysis of friends, and friends of friends - I've come to a totally unscientific conclusion. That my kids fight more than everyone else's. I mean, they fight over everything. I consider myself to be an ok mom - I don't do anyt...
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Carousel Charity Horse Show
This weekend Leah won the blue ribbon in her class at the 38th Annual Carousel Charity Horse Show at Westworld in Scottsdale, Arizona. She showed Saturday and Sunday in the Academy Equitation Online Walk for 8 Years Old and Under, and the Academy Sh...
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Fox News Phoenix Airs "Your Baby Can Read"
So the girls were profiled again on the news, this time on Fox 10 Phoenix this past Sunday at 9pm for their early reading skills. With the intensive school budget cuts taking place, it is imperative that parents take an increasingly central role in t...

